You know what they say about opinions....... Being a HUGE Whitney fan, I was anxious to see the Lifetime biopic of her life. So, Saturday night after 14 hours on call driving all over Southwestern VA and 11 patients later I turned on my DVR box with little expectations of the movie. Rarely, does Lifetime ever produce “epic” movies, but I was hoping for something that would honor the memory of Whitney, despite the decisions she made that ultimately took a role in her demise. Over all the movie wasn’t ……horrible. I just wish it would have focused more on the LIFE of Whitney, not so much the relationship between her and Bobby. I know there’s only so much material that can be edited into a two hour made for television movie. I would have liked to have seen more of her childhood, her discovery, her rise to fame in the 80’s, her return in the late 90’s, and even her death. This movie only showed a small window of her life. In my opinion it should’ve been themed “The love of Bobby and Whitney”. Even though there were subtle hints of major milestones in her career and some things touched on in the background of the script, it needed more “beef” and flow to equate a true story telling of the legend that she is. The acting was ok, I thought. The costuming was lackluster. All of “Whitney’s” clothing/costumes were ill fitted, especially her iconic wedding gown/headpiece. The wigs were just ok , as was the make up. The illusions of the iconic people were wayyyyy off, with the exception of Clive Davis … YaYa was just ok . With all the amazing things that can be done with makeup, costuming, and wigs…. I expected a little more authenticity. The sets were good, especially Whitney’s mansion in New jersey. However, the scenes when she was on stage performing were so B rated! When she performed, her concerts were sold out to thousands, the movie made it look as though she was performing at nightclubs. A little movie magic could have made this bette. Finally, Deborah Cox sounded amazing……but she is no Whitney. No one ever will be. I wanted to hear her vocals brought back to life on screen. I would assume since the movie was not given the blessing from the Houston Estate, they were not given the rights to her music???? It just would’ve been nice to her “the voice”. I hope that someone in the major movie world will take on the task of telling the whole story of Whitney’s life , beginning to end…..not just a small glimpse basically centered around the relationship of her and Bobby and her addiction . Reguardless, how you may feel about her or the demons that haunted her, what she did for the entertainment world, film/ music, her charities, her God given gift and the artist she has inspired all over the world still to this day , her memory and legacy deserves to be told a bit better and on a higher level, in its entirety. As I get older I always try to find the lessons in life’s mishaps, misfortunes, or failures. I think of all the times in my life when I could have made the decision to try things, that could have altered my path. Unfortunately, or maybe even fortunately seeing and knowing about tragedies like Whitney’s or even some everyday plain Joe off the street that has a similar ending like her’s has in some way kept me on track. I think if anything good could from her DEATH, it would be to realize no matter how grand you are, how talented you are, or how gifted or rich…. You have to know your limits. God gives us the gift of life, what you do with here, is up to you. Only you can determine the quality of your life. People joke so often about Whitney, “crack is whack” and so forth…. I find nothing funny about her addiction. In fact I think it’s horribly sad that someone with such an amazing gift lost it because of addiction. And even though I think her time on Earth was up when she died, whether she was an addict of not….. I just wish she could’ve gotten the help she needed early on so her voice could’ve been saved and the QUALITY of her life would have been better in the end. I’ll continue to listen to her music and perform her songs to honor her memory and always keep the lesson of her life in my mind. Just do what’s right…. You only get one ride. =)
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:39:41 +0000
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